About The Book

The decision to publish a monthly newsletter concurrent with the organization of the high school was a bold step in uniting the community behind its students and one that would provide a lasting historical account of what turned out to be Unga's twilight years.

The foundation upon which The Alaska Pen was built was so strong and the commitment so devoted that the paper continued publishing through most of the war years and into the 1950's.

Its legacy is the basis for The Alaska Pen; An Illustrated History of Unga  that seeks to meld the history of this period with comparable photographic images and articles taken from The Alaska Pen.